MASC: Map Sectors Creator - A Tool to Help at the Configuration of Multi-Agents Systems for Everyone

Aurélie Gaudieux, Joël Kwan, Yasine Gangat, Rémy Courdier

2014

Abstract

The initialization at the beginning of all type of simulation is recurring. In the field of multi-agents, spatial environments on a micro or macro scale, or more abstract context, such as mapping out energy sources for example, need often to be modelled. The initialization of these environments wherein evolve agents is generally tedious and time-consuming depending on the fineness of the mesh of the cutting in case of a 2D spatial representation. In this paper, we present MASC (Map Sectors Creator), a user-oriented tool that permits easy initialization through the creation of a mesh directly usable in multi-agents systems simulations platforms. The automation of cutting out maps followed by the generation of directly usable code snippets optimize the working time on initialization and allow to focus on the simulations results and observations.

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Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gaudieux A., Kwan J., Gangat Y. and Courdier R. (2014). MASC: Map Sectors Creator - A Tool to Help at the Configuration of Multi-Agents Systems for Everyone . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: MSCCEC, (SIMULTECH 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-038-3, pages 836-844. DOI: 10.5220/0005133408360844

in Bibtex Style

@conference{msccec14,
author={Aurélie Gaudieux and Joël Kwan and Yasine Gangat and Rémy Courdier},
title={MASC: Map Sectors Creator - A Tool to Help at the Configuration of Multi-Agents Systems for Everyone},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: MSCCEC, (SIMULTECH 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={836-844},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005133408360844},
isbn={978-989-758-038-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: MSCCEC, (SIMULTECH 2014)
TI - MASC: Map Sectors Creator - A Tool to Help at the Configuration of Multi-Agents Systems for Everyone
SN - 978-989-758-038-3
AU - Gaudieux A.
AU - Kwan J.
AU - Gangat Y.
AU - Courdier R.
PY - 2014
SP - 836
EP - 844
DO - 10.5220/0005133408360844